ClareStevens
@silverlawn.bsky.social
Writer, editor and occasional publicist, specialising in classical music, choral music and music education. Northern Irish by birth, graduate of a Scottish university, now living in the Welsh Marches after 30 years in London.
Is this allowed or is it too much a normal signpost for #fingerpostfriday? On the Isle of Bute.
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Is this allowed or is it too much a normal signpost for #fingerpostfriday? On the Isle of Bute.
See you at Waverley, all being well! In the meantime, hope @petroc.bsky.social is waking up in Inverness to skies as beautiful as this on Bute this morning.
September 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
See you at Waverley, all being well! In the meantime, hope @petroc.bsky.social is waking up in Inverness to skies as beautiful as this on Bute this morning.
Breathtaking colours on the Isle of Arran today.
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Breathtaking colours on the Isle of Arran today.
After a couple of hours of torrential rain, the skies cleared slightly yesterday afternoon to create this autumnal riverscape at Ogmore, South Glamorgan.
September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
After a couple of hours of torrential rain, the skies cleared slightly yesterday afternoon to create this autumnal riverscape at Ogmore, South Glamorgan.
The stage is set at St Andrew’s Church for Presteigne Festival to begin tomorrow … presteignefestival.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The stage is set at St Andrew’s Church for Presteigne Festival to begin tomorrow … presteignefestival.com
Big day in Leominster, Herefordshire with the start of the Priory’s 900th anniversary celebrations, a month of performances, talks, walks and stunning exhibitions of art and craft exploring its history and heritage. Details here: prioryarts.org.uk
June 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Big day in Leominster, Herefordshire with the start of the Priory’s 900th anniversary celebrations, a month of performances, talks, walks and stunning exhibitions of art and craft exploring its history and heritage. Details here: prioryarts.org.uk
Morning Tom! Exciting day in our household yesterday as four blackbird chicks fledged from a next in a water hopper just by our back door. I’ve never seen a fledging before. Hard to spot but there are two in the last photo. First pic was Wednesday.
June 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Morning Tom! Exciting day in our household yesterday as four blackbird chicks fledged from a next in a water hopper just by our back door. I’ve never seen a fledging before. Hard to spot but there are two in the last photo. First pic was Wednesday.
I haven’t yet made it to the Belfast Book Festival but as an old girl of Victoria College (in its Lower Crescent days) I couldn’t resist a tote bag last time I was at the arts centre, and on Sunday I enjoyed carrying it around Hay. Discovered it’s sturdy enough for quite a lot of hardbacks!
June 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I haven’t yet made it to the Belfast Book Festival but as an old girl of Victoria College (in its Lower Crescent days) I couldn’t resist a tote bag last time I was at the arts centre, and on Sunday I enjoyed carrying it around Hay. Discovered it’s sturdy enough for quite a lot of hardbacks!
So, so nice to meet @johnharris1969.bsky.social after his really interesting conversation with Simon Baron-Cohen at @hayfestival.bsky.social today about his book Maybe I’m Amazed, family life with his autistic son and how their shared live of music helps them all to converse. Thx John!
June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So, so nice to meet @johnharris1969.bsky.social after his really interesting conversation with Simon Baron-Cohen at @hayfestival.bsky.social today about his book Maybe I’m Amazed, family life with his autistic son and how their shared live of music helps them all to converse. Thx John!
A month today sees the opening events in Priory 900, a vibrant celebration of 900 years since the foundation by Henry 1 of Leominster Priory in Herefordshire. Well worth checking outr their month-long programme of talks, walks, concerts, free exhibitions and more prioryarts.org.uk
May 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A month today sees the opening events in Priory 900, a vibrant celebration of 900 years since the foundation by Henry 1 of Leominster Priory in Herefordshire. Well worth checking outr their month-long programme of talks, walks, concerts, free exhibitions and more prioryarts.org.uk
But hey, the rest of my first and last stay with lovely Paul and DJ, new acquaintances and the amazing food in a heavenly place was amazing.
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
But hey, the rest of my first and last stay with lovely Paul and DJ, new acquaintances and the amazing food in a heavenly place was amazing.
Love this late medieval couple lying in state in St Mary the Virgin church, Pembridge, Herefordshire.
May 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Love this late medieval couple lying in state in St Mary the Virgin church, Pembridge, Herefordshire.
This spring just keeps on giving, blossom-wise. The Warden, Presteigne, Powys,
May 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This spring just keeps on giving, blossom-wise. The Warden, Presteigne, Powys,
Very, very black headboard in one of the bedrooms at The Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Very, very black headboard in one of the bedrooms at The Coal Exchange Hotel in Cardiff.
Look, @quintinoliver.bsky.social - I’ve just found a gorgeous #CarnegieLibrary by accident! This is in Canton, Cardiff.
May 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Look, @quintinoliver.bsky.social - I’ve just found a gorgeous #CarnegieLibrary by accident! This is in Canton, Cardiff.
The creamiest, most voluptuous magnolia flower I've seen for a very long time
April 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The creamiest, most voluptuous magnolia flower I've seen for a very long time
Our wisteria just hitting its stride.
April 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Our wisteria just hitting its stride.
They’ll turn up. In the meantime, today I sang in a Come and Sing Crucifixion at St Michael’s Tenbury - my first time singing there, and it really didn’t sound like a Come and Sing, it was terrific, with Roger Judd playing & James Atherton conducting & singing the tenor solos.
April 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
They’ll turn up. In the meantime, today I sang in a Come and Sing Crucifixion at St Michael’s Tenbury - my first time singing there, and it really didn’t sound like a Come and Sing, it was terrific, with Roger Judd playing & James Atherton conducting & singing the tenor solos.
We sang there on my last choir tour before moving from London to Wales – a memorable day (the experience of visiting Norcia, not moving to Wales!).
April 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We sang there on my last choir tour before moving from London to Wales – a memorable day (the experience of visiting Norcia, not moving to Wales!).
In the churchyard three or four minutes' walk from my house in the Welsh Marches a couple of days ago.
April 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In the churchyard three or four minutes' walk from my house in the Welsh Marches a couple of days ago.
Woodland flowers along the River Lugg, Herefordshire, this morning.
April 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Woodland flowers along the River Lugg, Herefordshire, this morning.
@tommckinney.bsky.social Rhayader in today’s weather! Not far from me - I was there last week. This was my view eating a supermarket sandwich for lunch between meetings.
April 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@tommckinney.bsky.social Rhayader in today’s weather! Not far from me - I was there last week. This was my view eating a supermarket sandwich for lunch between meetings.
Oh, you must have been sitting very close to me! And it was epic, wasn’t it? Very different from the performances I’ve heard in cathedrals and larger concert halls.
April 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Oh, you must have been sitting very close to me! And it was epic, wasn’t it? Very different from the performances I’ve heard in cathedrals and larger concert halls.
Manchester doing quite a good impersonation of Manhattan yesterday
April 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Manchester doing quite a good impersonation of Manhattan yesterday
At the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff to see Welsh National Opera’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes. Cast includes Nicky Spence as Grimes and Sarah Connolly as Auntie.
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
At the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff to see Welsh National Opera’s new production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes. Cast includes Nicky Spence as Grimes and Sarah Connolly as Auntie.